Help! Please, My dog might have worms in his system?

Question

I played with my dog today, and he's always so hyper (he's a beagle), and as he swept his rear on my knee by accident, I felt something moving on my knee. So when I checked, there was a white, short, and sticky worm on it. It was still moving, could it possibly be a tapeworm? it was very sticky... and how quickly is it transmitted to people? Please help!

Answer 1

Better safe then sorry. De-worm your dog, it won't hurt him. Most worms cannot be transmitted to humans.

Answer 2

Yes, it is a piece of a tapeworm. They can get up to a foot long or more, they break off in pieces and come out the rectum. Although it is still moving, it is dieing. Their is no way you can get a tapeworm from your dog. Don't worry. But do get your dog wormed. If they get overly infested, they can lose a lot of weight and their coat gets really dull. Remember to ask your vet to give you a second dose to give your dog in two weeks. I don't know why, but sometimes the Vets forget to tell you this. If you only treat them one time, it will kill the live tapes but not the eggs. In two weeks the eggs hatch out and it starts all over again. Good luck!

Answer 3

It could be one of several types of worms. Here's some info about canine worms:

Roundworms
Roundworms are active in the intestines of puppies, often causing a pot-bellied appearance and poor growth. The worms may be seen in vomit or stool; a severe infestation can cause death by intestinal blockage.

This worm can grow to seven inches in length. Females can produce 200 thousand eggs in a day, eggs that are protected by a hard shell and can exist in the soil for years. Dogs become infected by ingesting worm eggs from contaminated soil. The eggs hatch in the intestine and the resulting larva are carried to the lungs by the bloodstream.

The larva then crawls up the windpipe and gets swallowed, often causing the pup to cough or gag. Once the larvae return to the intestine, they grow into adults.

Roundworms do not typically infest adults. However, as mentioned above, the larvae can encyst in body tissue of adult bitches and activate during the last stages of pregnancy to infest puppies. Worming the ***** has no effect on the encysted larvae and cannot prevent the worms from infecting the puppies.

Although roundworms can be treated with an over-the-counter wormer found in pet stores, a veterinarian is the best source of information and medication to deal with intestinal parasites. Dewormers are poisonous to the worms and can make the dog sick, especially if not used in proper dosage.


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Hookworms
These are small, thin worms that fasten to the wall of the small intestine and suck blood. Dogs get hookworm if they come in contact with the larvae in contaminated soil. As with roundworms, the hookworm larvae becomes an adult in the intestine. The pups can contract hookworms in the uterus and the dam can infest the pups through her milk.

A severe hookworm infestation can kill puppies, but chronic hookworm infection is usually not a problem in the older dog. When it does occur, the signs include diarrhea, weight loss, anemia, and progressive weakness. Diagnosis is made by examining the feces for eggs under a microscope.


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Tapeworms
Another small intestine parasite, the tapeworm is transmitted to dogs who ingest fleas or who hunt and eat wildlife infested with tapeworms or fleas. The dog sheds segments of the tapeworm containing the eggs in its feces. These segments are flat and move about shortly after excretion. They look like grains of rice when dried and can be found either in the dog's stool or stuck to the hair around his anus. Tapeworms cannot be killed by the typical over-the-counter wormer; see the veterinarian for appropriate treatment.


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Whipworms
Adult whipworms look like pieces of thread with one end enlarged. They live in the cecum, the first section of the dog's large intestine. Infestations are usually light, so an examination of feces may not reveal the presence of eggs. Several checks may be necessary before a definitive diagnosis can be made.

Answer 4

sure - with the aid of fact the worms hook up with the partitions of the gut and consume no longer purely the tissue yet additionally a number of trhe nutrition that canines is ingesting. It additionally upsets our surroundings in the GI tract, this is significant - the micro organism that the canines needs to assist ruin down the nutrition isn't pleased with the extra suitable visitors. Worms reason a great variety of harm to the tissue, or maybe lay eggs in the gut partitions (are you completely grossed out yet?) which reason encysted larvae to hatch a pair weeks later - this is why you are able to desire to do it first, wait approximately 3 weeks, and then do it lower back. As for heartworms, the worms stay in the blood vessels and heart, and bodily clog up the works, killing the canines slowly. YUUUUCK!

Answer 5

If it look kind of like rice, then yes, it was a tapeworm. Don't worry about you getting them, unless you eat dog poo or fleas....that is how they are transmitted. Just let your vet know and he will give you a pill, most likely Cestex, to kill the tapeworms. Don't worry, you and your dog will be just fine!

Answer 6

It probably is a tapeworm. Get him in to the vet as soon as possible, since they may require multiple rounds of treatment. People do not typically get tapeworms from their animals, since they're transmitted in the oral-anal route, and we don't lick our own behinds. :)

Answer 7

If you have a feed store or a co-op around your area, you can go get some wormer there. at my work we use something called Panacur. it is a three day wormer and it takes 1cc per 5 lbs of body weight. it works great. its a cattle and horse wormer but you can use it on dogs and cats too. as far as transmitting it to you, you just need to scrub your hands very well and use sanatizer gel.

Answer 8

Yep it might be tapeworm. Take a stool sample into the vet and they will be able to prescribe the proper medication.

Answer 9

Take him to the vet and have them check for worms, If there is a problem the vet can handle it

Answer 10

It might be. You need to take a stool sample into your vet ot have it looked at. It might also be whip worm. My dog had that at one time and she had to have meds for it. You need to take the dog to the vet as soon as possible.
Good Luck i hope your dog is fine!